WANDOOR GANITHAM SSLC MATHEMATICS STUDY MATERIAL : 2023

GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA

QUESTION -1

In the picture , ABCD is a parallelogram .

a) What are the coordinates of C ?

b) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of

the diagonal BD ?

c) Write the coordinates of the point at which

the diagonals intersect .

QUESTION -2

In parallelogram ABCD , A (2 , 1 ) and B( 6 , 3 ) .

The coordinates of the point at which its diagonals

intersect are (5 , 4) .

a) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the

diagonal AC ?

b) Find the coordinates of the other two vertices of the parallelogram .

QUESTION - 3

In the picture P , Q , R are the midpoints of the

sides of the triangle .

a) Give the most suitable name for the

quadrilateral APQR .

b) Write the coordinates of the points R , B

and C .

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 QUESTION - 4
In the picture P , Q , R , S are the midpoints of the
sides of the quadrilateral ABCD .

a) What are the coordinates of P ?

b) Give the most suitable name for the

quadrilateral PQRS .

c) Write the coordinates of the points S , C and D .

QUESTION - 5

In triangle OAB , ‍ O ( 0 ,0) , A (1 ,5) , B (6 , 4) .

a) What is the length of OA ?

b) Prove that OAB is an isosceles right triangle .

c) What are the coordinates of the circum centre and circumradius of the triangle OAB ?

d) If ( x , y) is a point on the circumcircle of the triangle OAB , prove that

2 2
x + y − 6x − 4 y = 0
QUESTION - 6

In triangle ABC , ‍ A (3 ,2) , B (11 ,8) , C ( 4 , 9) .

a) What is the length of AB ?

b) Prove that ABC is an isosceles triangle .

c) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the side AB ?

d) What is the perpendicular distance from the vertex C to its opposite side ?

e) Compute the area of the triangle ABC .

QUESTION - 7

A circle is drawn with the line joining (1 ,2) and (7 ,10) as diameter .

a) What are the coordinates of the centre of the circle ?

b) What is the radius of the circle ?

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c) Write the equation of the circle .

d) What are the coordinates of the points at which the the circle cuts the y axis ?

QUESTION - 8

The coordinates of the points A and B are (1 ,2) and (6 ,7) . P is a point on the line

AB with AP : PB = 1 : 4 .

a) What are the coordinates of P ?

b) What are the coordinates of the midpoint of the line PB ?

c) Find the coordinates of the point Q on the line AB with AQ : QB = 3 : 2 .

QUESTION -9

Consider a line passing through the points (1 ,4) and (3 ,10)

a) Find the slope of the line .

b) Write the coordinates of two more points on this line .

c) Check whether (13 ,40) is a point on this line or not .

c) Prove that the points (1 ,3) , (3 ,10) and (15 , 48) are the vertices of a triangle .

QUESTION - 10

Consider a line passing through the points (2 ,8) and ( 4 ,6)

a) Find the slope of the line .

b) Write the coordinates of two more points on this line .

c) If ( x , y) is a point on this line , prove that x + y − 10 = 0 .

c) Find the coordinates of the point at which this line cuts the axes .

QUESTION - 11

The equation of a line is x + 2 y − 6 = 0 .

a) Find the coordinates of the point at which this line cuts the x axis .

b) Find the coordinates of the point at which this line cuts the y axis .

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c) Find the slope of the line .

d) Is this line passes through the point ( 4,1) ? Justify your answer .

QUESTION - 12

a) What is the length of the line AB in the figure ?

b) What is the radius of the circle in the figure ?

c) What are the coordinates of the centre of the circle ?

d) If ( x , y) is a point on this circle , prove that

2 2
x + y − 8x − 6 y = 0 .

e) If the x coordinate of a point on this circle is 7 ,

what will be its y coordinate ?

QUESTION - 13

a) What is the perpendicular distance from the point

B to the x axis ?

b) What is the value of m ?

c) If ( x , y) is a point on the line AB ,

x − 2
prove that = √3 .
y

QUESTION - 13

a) Compute the slope of the line AB .

b) If ( x , y) is a point on the line AB , what is the

relation between ‍ x and y ?

c) Write the coordinates of other two points on the line AB .

d) What are the coordinates of a point on the circle drawn

with AB as diameter ?

SARATH A S , VMC GHSS WANDOOR , MALAPPURAM

 QUESTION - 14

In the picture origin is the midpoint of the square .

a) Write down the coordinates of A and C .

b) Compute the slope of the line AC .

c) If ( x , y) is a point on the line AC , what is

the relation between ‍ x and y ?

d) Write the coordinates of other two points

on the line AC .

e) Prove that the product of the slopes of the diagonals of the square is −1 .

QUESTION - 14

3
The slope of a line passing through ( 4 ,3) is .
2

a) Write down the coordinates of another two points on this line .

b) What are the coordinates of the point at which the line cuts the x axis .

c) What are the coordinates of the point at which the line cuts the y axis .

d) What is the equation of this line ?

SARATH A S , VMC GHSS WANDOOR , MALAPPURAM